Graffiti In Public Schools

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Today we conducted an internal inspections of restroom as lately there has been an excessive amount of graffiti strewn across the campus. The result was alarming. Every single restroom had pictorial or words that are obscene in nature on walls, stalls and/or other areas throughout. The graffiti in most cases appear to have been there for a while as well. It is obvious that our current maintenance personnel is not making the rounds, and unless I am mistaken, this is a part of the morning checks and maintenance. We need his help to assist us with this sort of nonsense. There is eight hours in the day, most of which he spends doing nothing! There is no reason why all of the bathrooms can't be checked throughout the day or even after school gets

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